Group Forum: Recipes

I was planning my meals for the week, and I needed to use the ground turkey that was in the freezer. I found this recipe online, and thought I would share. Like I said, I intend to replace the ground beef with ground turkey...

Low Carb Meatloaf

(1/6 of the recipe... a good sized chunk... has 5.4g carbs. The calories and fat content will vary based on your meat of choice).

2 lbs. extra lean ground beef (If using 1 lb. meat, use only ½ of other ingredients)8 oz can of tomato sauce3 T soy sauce (I use low sodium/lite soy sauce)1 T onion powder1 T dried parsleyground black pepper to taste4 cloves of garlic, minced2 whole eggs (you could use Egg Beaters if you want... I used free range eggs)1/2 c Parmesan cheese (you want the powdery kind, like Kraft in a can, not shreds. This is the binder).1 piece of raw bacon (trust me. I used Hormel frozen bacon, 40 calories in 1 slice) cut up as fine as you can

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Mix everything together in a bowl. I use my hands. Mush it all up good. Put the mixture into a casserole dish. Smooth the top a bit. Bake uncovered for 1 hour 10 minutes. I checked mine in the center with a meat thermometer (160+). Take it out of the oven and CAREFULLY pour off the fat. Do not hurt yourself. Let the meatloaf rest for 10 minutes, then serve.

I finally had a chance to try some Heinz Reduced Sugar Ketchup (formerly called Heinz One Carb) and wanted to get as close as I could to creating a good copycat ketchup. My biggest stipulation was that I didn't want to have to cook my ketchup. I wanted it to be just as easy to whip up as my previous recipe. I think I've come pretty close to the Heinz. The main things that are missing in my recipe are the deeper, cooked flavor and the excess salt. I decided not to try and copy the saltiness since I thought the Heinz was overly salty. I used 1/2 teaspoon salt, but feel free to try up to a full teaspoon if you want yours to be as salty as the Heinz. I like the consistency and flavor of this version much better than my Better "Heinz" Ketchup. Adding tomato sauce made all the difference. Even if this isn't identical to the Heinz ketchup, I think it tastes very good and I'm happy with the flavor.

In case anyone is interested, I figured out one day that it costs about $.97 to $1.16 to make a batch of this ketchup. I have to pay an average of $2.00 for a 14 ounce bottle of Heinz low carb ketchup depending on where I buy it.

UPDATE 3/16/11: I made a few tweaks to the recipe this time. Except for the salt, I doubled all of the seasonings. I also added the equivalent of another tablespoon of sweetener. The recipe above still calls for the original quantities. I didn't edit it because the recipe is still good made that way. This time I simmered the ketchup on the stove for about 20-30 minutes and I think that helped blend the flavors a little better. It also helps the constency greatly. Cooking gives the ketchup a smoother texture and it doesn't separate and get watery over time like the uncooked version does. I do recommend covering the pot because the ketchup will get too thick otherwise.

UPDATE 5/14/12: To avoid confusion, I've edited the recipe ingredient list and instructions to reflect the way that I now make this recipe. I've also adjusted the nutritional counts.

[b] [i]270-down to 180 = 90 (11 1/2 Months)

We have chosen a path in the road...sometimes we will hit a bump, trip on a rock, miss a corner, and slam right into a mountain....but if we just back up a little, we can get right back on the path!

Myself like rdrunnr tried a new recipe today.. I am Making chicken fajitas (my recipe) and Angie's MOCK SPANISH RICE using the cauliflower.. Rest of the family will be using regular flour tortillas and I will be using a whole wheat low carb tortilla with only 3g net carb per shell and 7g of fiber each shell! The shell is by LaTortilla Factory.... So excited to endulge in the shell, mock spanish rice and the whole meal itself! ..

THE VERDICT: Just finished eating dinner and Angie - the mock rice is delicious thank you for the recipe! .. 1st time I tried this brand of shell and they were tasty for whole wheat and low carb !

Tonight I tried Angie's Nameless Recipe (again - lol lol) instead of chicken.. I used ground beef (formed into a patty) and added a slice of pepper jack cheese.. It was delicious! This recipe is excellent for getting all of your veggie carbs in..

Oh. Em. Gee.Sunkeeper - The Coconut Oil Chocolate candies are AMAZING! These are definitely a keeper and I will be absolutely sure to keep them around the house now.Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!

1/2 Cup of heavy cream1 TBSP Hershey's unsweetened cocoa powder1/2 tsp fasweet (that was the sweetener, I used. Feel free to change that to whichever one you prefer, just be sure to adjust the nutritional counts accordingly)

Put liners in 10 mini muffin cups. You can add a layer of almonds, pecans or macadamia nuts too if you like, I didn't.Melt butter or oil, which ever your using, chocolate and splenda in the microwave. Stir in cream and peanut butter. Divide evenly among the muffin cups and freeze. Keep frozen or refrigerate or they'll melt

Melt the coconut oil in the microwave for about 30 seconds, add the other ingredients and spread on a saran wrap plate very thin. Cool in the freezer and break into bark. I got 12 servings.Calories 87.67, Fat 9.81, Carbs .49, Fibre .23, Net Carbs .26, Protein .33

New here but thought i'd share the latest recipe i made and liked. Sorry if it has been posted before...i got it off of www.genaw.com. It is called Sausage Salsa Quiche...it is very good! 1 lb Turkey Sausage1cup salsa3 eggs8 oz cheddar cheeseBrown sausage and drainspray 8x8 baking pan and layer sausage evenlytop with 4oz cheddar cheesemix eggs and salsa together...pour over top of sausage/cheesebake 350 for 30minadd remainder of cheese and bake an additional 5minMakes 6 servings...325 cals and 5net carbs per serving

Love seeing all the new recipes! Dorothy, I'm glad you liked the Spanish "Rice" made from cauliflower and my "Nameless Recipe" lol. Glad you finally tried cauliflower! Brussels Sprouts are next, gf! hehehe illinifan, I'm gonna try that Sausage Salsa Quiche soon! It really sounds good! Thanks for posting it! Still haven't found that recipe I used for homemade cream of mushroom soup :/ It's around here somewhere, but Lord knows where. I WILL post it when I find it

Angie, I made your Garlic Parmesan Flax Seed Crackers today, man are they good. I wouldn't change a thing, loved the bit of salt they have in them. Going away on the weekend for a Girls Weekend, my daughter is getting married in 2 weeks. I need to be prepared and have lots of goodies to eat while we're there. I think these will be great with cheese or with cream cheese plus any dip maybe.

I actually made 1 batch and had a bunch for lunch then went back and made a second one, I got 42 crackers out of each batch by scoring them before I baked them. They broke apart perfectly.

Haven't tried them yet but Whole Natural Life has a berry and a lemon coconut oil candy recipe. Berry wouldn't work for those on induction but the lemon would. Just a few more ways to get our healthy fats.

We melt margarine with stevia and cocoa and stir well. We add the boiled water. Save 1/2 cup of the mixture for the end of the recipe.In a bowl whisk the eggs with the tahini,baking powder and vanilla and add to the previous mixture (in the pan which is not hot be careful or you'll have an omelette instead) and stir well.We put the mixture in the oven in a medium to small pan, and bake for 20 minutes.In the meantime we have put the 1/2 cup of saved mixture in the fridge.So when the cake is out of the oven we pour it over the cake.I divided it into 8 servings with 1.06 net carb each!

At first tahini taste might seem strange to you but if you leave it in the fridge for 1 day it tastes superbe!

I put each serving to a container into the freezer and this way I control myself of overeating all of it!

If you don't want to use tahini (I don't know if it's easy to find it) you can use peanut butter instead but you have to adjust the carbs.